International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Open Access
ISSN: 2329-9096
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2329-9096
+44 1300 500008
Ahmad Rifai Sarraj
Lebanon
Research Article
Electroencephalography Measurement to Compare Visual and Kinesthetic Motor Imagery of Squat Vertical Jump
Author(s): Bouchra Haj Hassan, Ahmad Diab, Aya kabbara and Ahmad Rifai SarrajBouchra Haj Hassan, Ahmad Diab, Aya kabbara and Ahmad Rifai Sarraj
Background: Motor imagery is a form of mental representation of action without any apparent movement. It can be performed in two modalities kinesthetic and visual motor imagery. Although there is ample evidence that motor imagery share many features of real action, such as the similar solicited cerebral region, it is still unknown whether visual motor imagery and kinesthetic motor imagery recruit comparable or distinct neural networks. Objective: The purpose of this study is to compare the relationship between the two imagery modalities: visual (external) and kinesthetic imagery during a complex motor task; squat vertical jump, by means of electroencephalogram brain wave activity, and to determine if these two modalities demonstrated different topographic patterns of brain activation. Method: The electroencephalography signals were acquired during sequences of MI squat vertical jump i.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2329-9096.1000323